American soprano wins Soviet contest clipping

B-6
THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR
Arts/Entertainment
American soprano
wins Soviet contest
By ELIZABETH SHOGREN
LOS ANGELES TIMES
Moscow — American Deborah Voight, who almost decided
to skip the Tchaikovsky Competition, captured the hearts of the
Russian music world and dazzled the judges who awarded her
the gold medal for best female
vocalist Friday.
"I almost pulled out of the
competition because I was so
busy," the 29-year-old soprano
said afterward. "It's really thrilling and overwhelming."
Voight and her competitors
heard the news of her victory at
about 2 a.m. at the Hall of Columns, where Voight clinched
her medal with last-round selections from Verdi's // Trovatore
and Tchaikovsky's Queen of
Spades.
Voight was not the only
American lavished with attention at the ninth Tchaikovsky
Competition, which featured pianists, cellists, violinists and vocalists.
Pianist Stephen Naeson
Prutsman, 29, 1989 fellow of the
American Pianists Association
(Beethoven Foundation), received
a fourth prize from the jury, but
he appeared to be the audience's
favorite.
There was warm applause
when the announcements were
made about the gold, silver and
bronze medal winners. But when
Prutsman's name was announced, at 2:30 a.m., the hall
was filled with "bravos."
Pianist Kevin Kenner, 27, of
San Diego, was also a crowd
pleaser. He shared the bronze
medal and third prize with two
other contestants.
Hans Choi, 31, a South Korean-born baritone who lives in
New York, won first prize in the
competition among male vocalists.
The violin competition was
won by Akiko Suwanai, 18, of
Japan. An American, Alyssa
Park, 16, placed third, and three
other Americans, David Chan,
Lucia Lin and Maria Bachman,
placed fifth, six and seventh.
Gustav Rivinius, a West German, won first prize in the cello
competition. Bion Tsang, an
American, won third prize.
Soviet pianist Boris Berezovsky won the gold medal in
the piano competition, wearing a
tuxedo borrowed from a new
American friend, Prutsman.
SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1990

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B-6
THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR
Arts/Entertainment
American soprano
wins Soviet contest
By ELIZABETH SHOGREN
LOS ANGELES TIMES
Moscow — American Deborah Voight, who almost decided
to skip the Tchaikovsky Competition, captured the hearts of the
Russian music world and dazzled the judges who awarded her
the gold medal for best female
vocalist Friday.
"I almost pulled out of the
competition because I was so
busy," the 29-year-old soprano
said afterward. "It's really thrilling and overwhelming."
Voight and her competitors
heard the news of her victory at
about 2 a.m. at the Hall of Columns, where Voight clinched
her medal with last-round selections from Verdi's // Trovatore
and Tchaikovsky's Queen of
Spades.
Voight was not the only
American lavished with attention at the ninth Tchaikovsky
Competition, which featured pianists, cellists, violinists and vocalists.
Pianist Stephen Naeson
Prutsman, 29, 1989 fellow of the
American Pianists Association
(Beethoven Foundation), received
a fourth prize from the jury, but
he appeared to be the audience's
favorite.
There was warm applause
when the announcements were
made about the gold, silver and
bronze medal winners. But when
Prutsman's name was announced, at 2:30 a.m., the hall
was filled with "bravos."
Pianist Kevin Kenner, 27, of
San Diego, was also a crowd
pleaser. He shared the bronze
medal and third prize with two
other contestants.
Hans Choi, 31, a South Korean-born baritone who lives in
New York, won first prize in the
competition among male vocalists.
The violin competition was
won by Akiko Suwanai, 18, of
Japan. An American, Alyssa
Park, 16, placed third, and three
other Americans, David Chan,
Lucia Lin and Maria Bachman,
placed fifth, six and seventh.
Gustav Rivinius, a West German, won first prize in the cello
competition. Bion Tsang, an
American, won third prize.
Soviet pianist Boris Berezovsky won the gold medal in
the piano competition, wearing a
tuxedo borrowed from a new
American friend, Prutsman.
SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1990